Matcha
- Recipe collection
- Baking
Have your matcha and eat it too: Five green tea(time) treats to make this weekend
The bitterness of green tea helps offset the sweetness in these desserts and biscuits.
- Recommended
- Melbourne
Golden Coffee & Toastie
Cheesy, grab-and-go toasties, alternative caffeinated drinks and more in Melbourne’s CBD.
- Emily Holgate
‘Cheese tea’, bubble and not a tea bag in sight: The new-wave tea shops worth queuing for
Specialty tea shops, many originating in Taiwan and China, have exploded in Australia in the last five years. What’s behind their popularity in a coffee-loving country?
- Annie Hariharan
- Recommended
- Melbourne
Project Zero
Hole-in-the-wall King Street cafe serving coffee, matcha, pastries and more.
- Emma Breheny and Emily Holgate
Worth the wait? Hundreds queue for scrolls at a tiny, unmarked bakery
For the past two weekends, the line on Bondi Road has snaked around the block. Good Food joined the queue to find out what makes Sundays so special.
- Bianca Hrovat
Find matcha, wagyu skewers, sushi tacos and more at a new one-stop Japanese dining hall
Getting your Japanese fix has never been simpler, thanks to a one-of-a-kind mega venue that wraps five different venues into one. And it’s inspired by a Melbourne institution that might surprise you.
- Quincy Malesovas
- Collection
- Essential cafes and bakeries
Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Matcha & Specialty Drinks
From Mont Blancs to nom chompoo, here are some of our favourite cafe drinks beyond the flat white.
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- Redfern
Taguan Cafe
This cafe is a finalist for best food in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.
Melbourne’s cafes have always been world-class. But in 2025 they’ve got even better
As we announce Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries, Emma Breheny looks at the city’s shift from macchiatos to matcha, and the rise of third culture cooking.
- Emma Breheny